dancing maenads in ancient greek pottery, antiquities

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Antimenes Painter - Black-figure Amphora with Herakles and Apollo Fighting Over the Tripod - Walters 4821 - Detail B

Antimenes Painter - Black-figure Amphora with Herakles and Apollo Figh...

This amphora pairs a scene of Dionysus with one of Herakles' exploits: the struggle between Herakles and Apollo for the Delphic tripod. According to myth, Herakles traveled to the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi ... More

Etruscan - Red-Figure Stamnos - Walters 4862 - Profile

Etruscan - Red-Figure Stamnos - Walters 4862 - Profile

A stamnos is a wide-mouthed jar for wine. Red-figure vases were made in Etruria from the mid-5th to the mid-3rd centuries BC. Early examples were influenced by Athenian Greek works. After about 350 BC, inspirat... More

Attic Black-Figure Amphora with (A) Dionysos, Satyrs and Maenads and (B) Battle Scene LACMA 50.9.35

Attic Black-Figure Amphora with (A) Dionysos, Satyrs and Maenads and (...

Greece, Athens, circa 520 B.C. Furnishings; Serviceware Ceramic Height: 16 in. (40.64 cm) William Randolph Hearst Collection (50.9.35) Greek, Roman and Etruscan Art

Passion Leidenschaft-Ilioupersis Painter-Weinkanne mit Satyr und tanzender Mänade DSC7348

Passion Leidenschaft-Ilioupersis Painter-Weinkanne mit Satyr und tanze...

Deutsch: Weinkanne mit Satyr und tanzender Mänade Public domain image of an ancient Greek vase, classical Greece, government, and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Passion Leidenschaft-Ilioupersis Painter-Weinkanne mit Satyr und tanzender Mänade DSC7349

Passion Leidenschaft-Ilioupersis Painter-Weinkanne mit Satyr und tanze...

Deutsch: Weinkanne mit Satyr und tanzender Mänade Public domain image of an ancient Greek vase, classical Greece, government, and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dionysos Louvre CA5950 - A black and white vase with people on it

Dionysos Louvre CA5950 - A black and white vase with people on it

Dionysos, silenus and maenad. Side B from an Attic red-figure calyx-krater, 520–510 BC. Français : Dionysos, silène et ménade. Face B d'un cratère en calice attique à figures rouges, v. 520-510 av. J.-C.

Satyroi Mainade Louvre K19

Satyroi Mainade Louvre K19

Two sileni and a maenad. Side A from an Apulian (Tarentian?) red-figure calyx-krater, 380–370 BC. Français : Deux silènes et une ménade. Face A d'un cratère à calice à figures rouges apulien (Tarente ?), 380-... More

Crater psykter Louvre MNE938

Crater psykter Louvre MNE938

Upper band: Dionysos and thiasus; lower band: departure of a warrior/komos scene. Attic black-figure crater-psykter, ca. 525–500 BC. Français : Bandeau supérieur : Dionysos et son thiase ; bandeau inférieur :... More

Olpe Pan maenad BM F381

Olpe Pan maenad BM F381

Young Pan and a dancing maenad. Apulian red-figured olpe. Français : Jeune Pan et ménade dansant. Olpè apulienne à figures rouges.